Mike Thornton is a giant douchebag

[Kaftan Barlast]

The one thing that bugs me about this game is how all your dialogue basicly makes you out to be a massive douche. Your choices range from rude, childish, smug, obnoxious, patronising to just plain asshatt-ish. I dont know what the script guys were after here, but somewhere down the line it went massively wrong.

[Tigranes]

'Professional' seemed fairly matter-of-fact, though 'Suave' seemed more asshat-ish, yes.

[Starwars]

Doing a Suave run was the most glorious thing ever, the writing was spot-on if you ask me. The right hand-side Professional choices are the most "normal" I'd guess.

[edgarcuk]

Yes, perhaps the "Professional" is more normal, I like the "Suave" approach, but it is not Bond at all, despite Obsidian claimed it... no, nothing of Bond in Mr. Thornton.

[Raithe]

I don't know.. it does carry a certain level of.. Roger's Moore's Bond modernised a touch. But yeah, I tend to think of suave as a bit more.. charming.. then that sort of smug flirtatious.

 

I will also say, Mike's dialogue actually flows quite well even when you're bouncing between attitudes in a single conversation. It doesn't come across as totally schizophrenic..

[edgarcuk]

Indeed, Mr. Thornton's suave approach lacks of that charming factor, even Craig's Bond is more charming... but since the core personality is well defined, he'll look schizophrenic going totally Connery or Brosnan, lol

Edited May 29, 2010 by edgarcuk

[Morgoth]

Mike Thorton > Commander Shepard.

[Kaftan Barlast]

Mike Thornton =

[Starwars]

It's amusing that they had a joke about the "Thornton/Thorton" thing in game.

 

And yep, Thorton is way better than Shepard (and I quite like Female Shepard).

[Kaftan Barlast]

Female Shepard is the most awesome PC char voice ever. If you stay away from some of the renegade(jerk) options, she's a pro through and through. Thornton on the other hand is completely intolerable unless you ONLY click on professional options and pres mute when he throws out some annoying adlibbed remark.

[Mojito]

Wait, you guys DON'T like to be jerks in games? WTF is wrong with you?

 

I can't wait to make a "it's a big stupid jellyfish"-esque comment.

[SirPetrakus]

My Mike was very Bond. In a ... Bruce Campbell sort of way.

[HoonDing]

I made it a habit to be suave against everyone in the Gray Box. They're all so annoying.

[Libertarian]

Well, I'm a complete ahole, so I'm rather happy with how the character turned out.

Edited May 29, 2010 by Libertarian

[Llyranor]

Well, Kaftan wanted this to be a roleplaying game, after all.

[Pinken]

Kind of agree in one way but it doesn't bother me that much. There are a few hard coded moments of sarcasm that feel out of place, and there's the odd moment where you say ... choose aggressive or some other word and it comes out totally different.

 

There are more opportunities to be a jerk than not but I like it in a way - forces a decision.

 

Though is it just me or sometimes does the kill button just exist for fun?

[Shinaju]

No one use the aggressive option? Its actually not that aggressive sometimes, in fact it feels really natural when talking to people you don't like. And ya Professional are the Matter of fact option (It does label as that once in a while), and suave is great, but you will lose rep with people who are serious.

[Shinaju]

Double post, sorry.

Edited May 30, 2010 by Shinaju